An Intravesical Foreign Body after Caesarean Section and Tissue Fixing System (TFS) Operation : Two Case Reports

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  • Mori Kohei
    The Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center
  • Yanagisawa Masahiro
    The Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center
  • Hirai Kotaro
    The Department of Urology, National Hospital Organization Yokohama Medical Center

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  • 婦人科手術後に認めた膀胱異物の2例
  • フジンカ シュジュツゴ ニ ミトメタ ボウコウ イブツ ノ 2レイ

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Abstract

Foreign body in the bladder is a relatively rare case. We encountered two cases of foreign bodies in the bladder after gynecological surgery. Case 1 was a 72-year-old woman. When she was 70 years old, an operation for her pelvic organ prolapse was performed. She visited our hospital because of discomfort in urination. We performed a transurethral lithotripsy of the bladder stone and detected a foreign body, and it was an anchor used for the Tissue Fixation System(TFS)operation (a pelvic organ prolapse operation). Case 2 was a 34-year-old woman. She delivered a baby by Caesarean section when she was 30 years old. She visited our hospital because of recurring urinary tract infection. The ultrasound examination of the bladder showed high echoic area in the posterior bladder wall. The cystoscope examination showed a small black foreign body that was protruding from the posterior wall of the bladder. The foreign body in the bladder was a surgical suture. The component of the suture was similar to silk. The foreign body in the bladder may have been the cause of infection. Artificial material used for an operation of an organ in the pelvic area sometimes slips into the bladder and causes inflammation. If a patient had undergone an operation for an organ in the pelvic area in the past, and there is recurring urinary tract infection, the presence of a foreign body in the bladder should be suspected.

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  • 泌尿器科紀要

    泌尿器科紀要 62 (10), 549-552, 2016-10-31

    泌尿器科紀要刊行会

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